for the premier of the 60s tomorrow night right here on cnn. that's it for me. i'll be back in the situation room, 5:00 p.m. eastern. newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. >> hi, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. it's actually a story that cnn first broke and moments ago, more disturbing details about the way service men and women are being treated right here on u.s. soil. bullying, sexual harassment and veterans not receiving the care they deserve. if you didn't think the numbers were high then, we have bigger numbers for you now. fl are several take aways.

spell it out for us. >> a new report about what may have gone on at the phoenix va hospital this initial report will be so disturbing to people. they say what they did find was multiple list of veterans awaiting medical care. there were 1700 veterans needing medical care. 1700 that were on no waiting list at all. these veterans were and continue to be at risk of being forgotten or lost.

low wait list, if you have low wait time statistics in your records, that means more salary increases, more bonuses, more awards. did people know that this was going on. they cannot make the link yet between the death of veterans and this failure in care. they need to find out if veterans indeed died. >> on top of the fake lists it was something like 26 facilities under investigation. that number is up to 42,

correct? >> basically the secretary of the department of veteran's affairs is going have to look at everything. he has promised to have a top to bottom look at all of it. they are under unprecedented pressure to figure out what is going on and where the failures are. >> wolf blitzer was just on who is with senator john mccain of arizona. listen. >> i want to be precise from saying that the secretary of veteran's affairs should resign? >> i think it's -- i think it's reached that point. i have not called for it. i was going to wait until the hear i hearing takes place but this keeps piling up. the va, phoenix va is not an

island. >> is this just the beginning of very high ranking members of congress calling for a resignation of veteran eric shiseke? >> you see democrats and republicans on both sides not time for him to go, time for him to go. there are surveys out there where a large number of veterans expressed their satisfaction with the va system. but the secretary has created a fire storm of a problem for the administration. it's happening on his watch. it's his responsibility. and the question now many people will tell you i have talked to va experts and military officials, when somebody on the cabinet level, their presence becomes a political problem for

the white house, the question is when do they go. probably not if they go. >> we're staying on this. we have much more on the story. we have new details, and i am quoting them now, numerous allegations of mismanagement, hiring decisions bullying and sexual harassment. we have more on that. i want to move on for now. we hope you saw this. the president's big speech this morning at west point moving america off war footing and into an era where we are still fighting trfight ing terror but in different ways and in different parts of the world. the president said he will use forces if needed, even use troops but that will not be option number one. >> i will my duty to you and the country we love. if i ever sent you into harm's

way simply because i saw a problem somewhere in the world that needed to be fixed or because i was worried about critics who think military intervention is the only way for america to avoid looking weak. >> here are some more quotes of the president. he said american isolationism not an option. i believe in american exceptionalism. but what makes america exceptional is not flouting international norms but rather affirming them. just because we have the best hammer just because -- does not mean every problem is a. >> let me begin this with you.

some of which have tried to hit the u.s. directly to you, does it look like the u.s. is dare i say playing whack a mole? >> i think it's a good news bad news story. >> it is not necessarily decided and controlled but has affiliations. >> branchs.

responsible for taking those poor nigerian girls that has some affiliation, some financial relationship, certainly a philosophical relationship but not control there and therefore harder to extinguish on the good side i have spoke on the officials about this many times. they can carry out smaller attacks from different directions and therefore it's harder to keep them down. you have to keep a lot of irons in the fire to keep them under control. >> there are so many branchs of these terror groups. we know the president is going to be asking for $5 billion for this effort. we're spending more than that each month in afghanistan. so when you hear that translation, how do you think

that the world will perceive america? >> it's a lot of money. you think globally but you act locally. think about it. when you talk about boko haram, when you talk about these groups they have local goals. he is saying you is my bottom

line. america must always lead on the world stage. if we don't, no one else will. >> so he talks about leading on the world stage yet he also talks partnerships. what's the message to our allies? >> if you speak to them, you speak to the leaders of these countries there is confusion. i just returned from ukraine. there is frustration there that for instance, there have not been stiffer economic penalties against russia i heard that from

the ukrainian people well. john kerry gave the most impassioned speech of his career and the next day had to pull it back. listen, we can't -- none of us would estimate the difficulty. but at least when you speak to allies and leaders in these countries whether it's regarding ukraine, syria, the u.s. response in libya, the u.s. response in china's territorial claims. but it's a fairly consistent message.

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this morning in her home in north carolina. she gave way to a literary generation with the biography, i know why the caged birds feels. >> i know what the caged bird feels when the sun is bright on the upland slopes, when the wind blows soft through the springing grass and the river floats like a sheet of glass. when the first bird sings and the first bud opes and the faint perfume from its chalice steals, i know what the caged bird feels. to hear it, my lands, oh my goodness. oh, that voice. >> the voice, the power the wisdom. that original piece of work became more than just a book. it was an anthem about her life

growing up in the jim crow south. it became a movie starring ic iconic stars. anglo is considered one of the greats. her prose would serve as a teaching ground for generations and presidents to come. this was her remembering her friend the great nelson mandela in the way only she could. >> i'm on my journey down mount zion, on my journey now, mount zimpb on, and i wouldn't take nothing from a journey now. >> one writer described her life as a work of art. >> wonderful having you on. despite the sad circumstances, you know, i was reading your twitter feed and so i had to begin with, you say i don't know

if this was a life i-light. i can only presume it was. styling the maya angelo. you could put a poet. but what happened was maya called me into the bathroom. i felt like i was going to style a queen. she called me into the bathroom, told me to close the door, lock it and sit on the toilet. >> what? >> yes! you do what maya angelou says. she told me that i had been paid for. that if we were here in this fancy hotel having this moment that my grandmother and my mother paid for me so that i could be free.

she gave me an interesting little speech about being in the media and maintaining integrity and having dignity as a public figure. at that point i had never been on television before. she said once you do it, it's like being plucked to death by ducks. you will do it again and again and again and you will realize that you're not the person that you ever set out to be. that moment is helped literally build my character. >> it's incredible. that's absolutely incredible. she was a queen and you were styling a queen. we will have this a little later. there was a statement from oprah and she referenced her like her sister or mother and maya angelou never had a daughter. i wonder what it was.

>> she had this expanse of spirit that spoke particularly to women and very articulate to black women. spiritual and funny and she was expansive and she had this way of speaking to cruel ty she coud talk about injustices of jim crowe. >> she had a childhood that people don't realize. >> it was brutal. >> she said i must remember that the brute, the bigot are all children of god even if they don't know. she could speak to great injustice without demeanoring people. people like us, we talk about

injustice, it's very hard not to put people down. she lifted people up to the -- she was so well loved by so many people. >> phenomenally. phenomenal women. mckayla davis, thank you so much. what a treat for you. >> thank you for letting me share it. great advice. >> just ahead here on cnn, in the wake of the tragic murders in california over the weekend, some people are blaming film makers in hollywood. >> his wife is reportedly trying hard to sell the team. what gives? stay here.

>> one of the major killings after the mass killing of uc students is why. so this whole conversation was sponsored by one who took note of the blog the killer left behind.

how many students watch frat boy fantasies like neighbors and feel unjustly shut out of college life that should be full of sex and fun and pleasure? here's the quick response. how dare you imply that me getting girls in movies caused a lunatic to go on a rampage. she milked tragedy and it worked for her. he goes on, she should be blaming groucho for kissing lorna. now she is explaining that she did not mean to target these two funny men.

>> obviously not. but i do think again, it bears all of us asking what the costs are of having such a narrow range of stories. >> joining me now to discuss both sides, host of cnn's. so to both of you, nice to have you on. >> thank you. >> michael, i would like to begin with you, here. you know, my first real question is is this even fair for her to go there and bring up polywood given the fact that this young man clearly was mentally unstable? disturbed, deranged? >> if you go inthere within a wk of the incident, people are going to assume the parallel being drawn.

i don't think all the rest of us who watch movies, play video games and take advantage of the cultural offerings may be would not react in a similar fashion. i think that's the conclusion that many are reaching. >> do you think it's fair. >> do i think it's fair? no. i don't think it's fair at all. i think we can have a conversation about sexism and a conversation about cultural influences, but to have it so quickly is to draw all of it together. >> she does open up legitimate questions. the guy gets the girl story guys and how they keep getting recycles. hollywood obviously wants to

make money. clearly they know the demand is there because people are going out each and every time and watching them. but really what comes first, is it hollywood or is it our culture? >> hollywood is not to blame. by the way, lusting after women is biologically okay for men. it's the mistreatment of women that can be a learned thing through the way that you're raised or the media you consume but i think it's absolutely absurd and completely irresponsible to write as she did. that is irresponsible to point that out. this is a mental health issue, end of story.

yes, there are discussions as michael said, to have about hollywood and women being represented but i also believe kind of where you were going, too, which is this other point. people make movies to make money. the public is also responsible for continuing to show up to movies that treat women badly. this whole article made me so unbelievably angry. >> i think, michael, i think you might be talking about this on your show this week. what is your biggest take away? i keep coming back to i was reading folks from hollywood saying this is art, it is all in the perception of art. we as a society have this onus. do you agree with that? it's all about mom and dad. >> i don't think there is anything new here.

john hinkley shot ronald reagan because he was trying to win favor with jodi foster. it does seem like there has been an uptick in the messages, the sexual messages that come from movies, but my god, look at all of the people who watch these movies and listen to music and don't go out and kill people. this is a case primarily about mental health and i think we have got to keep our eye on that ball. >> we have talked about mental health the last couple of days. >> just ahead we have to talk about donald sterling lashing out at critics saying he will fight to keep his la clippers team. what does that actually mean legally? we will discuss that. also ahead, kate middleton, a german tabloid has posted this compromising photo, shall we say, of her bare backside that

some are really calling a breach of privacy. what do you think? you're watching cnn. stay with me.

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sterling's formal response obtained by cnn. he called the league's proceeding proceedings. sterling says, quote, a jealous rant to a lover never intended to be published cannot offend the nba rules. he dwogoes on with this. we do not believe a court will enforce the draconian penalties and we believe that preservations of mr. sterling's constitutional rights requires that the sham proceedings be terminated in mr. sterling's favor. before we even get into the shelly sterling, other half of this, when you hear these words draconian don't have a case what jumps out at you?

>> he is a lawyer and we are litigious. we knew he was going to challenge the suspension and fine and certainly taking the franchise from him. the nba has never done what they are trying to do. >> that is something that most people are very uncomfortable with and i think it's something that a court will look at. >> here you have donald sterling saying no, no, no, i'm fighting.

and then you have shelly sterling saying that she is reportedly listening to bidders and considering sale of the team. >> sure. >> how does that shake out? >> you know, it makes a lot of sense. i think it's a two pronged attack. the one they are saying we reserve our legal rights. we are going to fight this. and then you have shelly, on the other hand, reportedly donald sterling transferred some of his ownership or is allowing her to sell the team and she's checking out to see what's going on. are they going to get $2.5 billion for the team. >> is that what you're doing? working in ka hoots thinking how might this work versus how much money could we be getting? >> this is a planned two-prong attack on the nba and it makes a lot of sense.

if i were his lawyer, i would have advised the same thing. look for the bidders but also preserve your rights and go on the attack. >> thank you very much. this tabloid has posted a compromising photo of the duchess of came bridge and some are calling it a breach of privacy. we will let you be the judge. stay with us. nobody told us to expect it... intercourse that's painful due to menopausal changes. the problem isn't likely to go away... ...on its own. so it's time we do something about it. and there's help. premarin vaginal cream. a prescription that does what no over-the-counter product

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>> let me tell you not totally from personal experience, it is the woman's worst nightmare and it happened to kate middleton. you see the dress she's wearing? a blast of wind blew it up as she and prince william visited

australia. definitely exposing her backside. even worse, a photographer was there. click. got a shot of that. and it is now front page of a german tabloid alongside pictures of kim and khloe kardashian's backsides. >> in this country we don't show pictures that invade the royals privacy as much. >> there is a commentary.

really polarized. isn't it time that she, kate, made some more effort to cover up? it's all very well blaming the photographerers but you're the future queen. a lot of people have sympathy for the argument. >> she is wearing a dress. it was wind. there was a photographer. i guess as a wop, i get frustrated because what is she supposed to do? they were in france and sunbathing. but they won that fight, didn't they? >> they were top less photos and william took objection to that. the palace knew they had a strong chance of winning. the laws are a bit more slack. one newspaper there showed the

picture as well. they wouldn't win the fight there. it was interesting that william has not issued a statement today. i think he has lerped the more he says the more it inflates the story. >> keep it out of the headlines. thanks so much. aaron hernandez facing new charges that he murdered two people. hear what happened in court just moments ago up next. [ male announcer ] this is the age of knowing what you're made of. why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain. it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing,

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>> just moments ago, aaron hernandez pleading not guilty to two additional murder charges. he is already facing trial in the murder of his friend who was dating his fiance's sister. now in this separate case, prosecutors maintain that he ambushed, shot and killed two men during a drive-by in 2012. >> there was a lot of sobbing and the motive seems almost incomprehensible that someone could be so angry over a spilled drink that they would commit murder. but that is what prosecutors say

happened in july of 2012. as they spell things out they paint a scenario saying that aaron hernandez had been agitated. when he went out he said that people were testing and trying him. on this one was dancing on the nightclub. bumped into aaron hernandez who then spilled his drink. aaron hernandez left the bar. this is what prosecutors set out. got into his car. actually went to another club and it turned out not to be him. and then eventually pulling up and pumping several shots from a .38 caliber handgun into if

car. >> the defendant leaned out of the driver's side window with a loaded revolver in his hand and stated yo, what's up now. daniel suffered fatal gunshot wound wounds. >> now another witness prosecutors said heard hernandez say this -- that i hit one person, let's see. i've got this. i hit one person in the chest. here it is. got it. i think i got one in the head and one in the chest. and that there was a clicking noise from the gun as though the

shooter aaron hernandez allegedly kept shooting and shooting but kept getting a clicking noise. after that, i have to wrap it up by saying this. >> with the defense. i would love to hear another account of that. >> of course. of course. first of all, aaron hernandez pleaded not guilty to all the charges. they cited the court for allowing prosecutors to make this presentation in court. we have been doing this this way for more than 100 years in this courtroom. you get a chance to address the court and there will be a trial to decide the rest. >> the judge, huh? >> more than. >> of course we will. thank you so much. and a rainy boston for us. coming up next, ahead of

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>> tomorrow night make sure you watch the 60s. >> nearly 50 years later, reruns of "i dream of gee knee."

completely changed and shaped television. >> can we just begin with something? i mean, i can't believe i was actually doing research on your belly button. that this was a thing. can we talk about who approached you about your "i dream of gee knee costume?" >> it was all on accident. a reporter would come down on the said and he would say i don't believe you have one. you know? it was cheap in those days and he began to write about it. i don't know why. and then the stringers across the country picked it up. when he did that, the network went oh, she has one? >> it was a thing.

there was whole thing, a meeting of suits at a very high level discussing whether to show it or not, your belly button. >> correct. he said around an oak table, all these suits. discussing my belly button. >> and just knowing what you experienced then and then seeing some of what's on tv now and maybe some of the overexposure, what do you make of it and your sfluns on that? >> i don't know i had any influence on that. some of it is really pretty. some of it should be after midnight, i think. >> when you look, because before that era was a perfectly coifed picture perfect not a hair out of place and then something happened. free love. what do you think, you acted through it. what was it that really changed

things? >> i think there was was a loosening of morals. television evened it out a little bit. it was all right to have a girl in a bottle living with an astronaut. it was not a girl in a bottle. i talk to women particularly about. she was an entity. she wasn't your housewife. she wasn't a human. should never have married him. it was all right for her to say master because this was her job. >> did you get a lot of push back from women? do you? >> i do to this day, yes i do. she was really in charge. i know this because so many

little girls now who are watching the show come to me and they say oh, i would love to have those powers. >> i know you were in florida. you were active in theater. you look incredible. i don't know what you're heating. what are you doing so right. >> lots of soft serve. >> i like ice cream. if you're really serious. i have never smoked. my mother died because she smoked. >> will you wiggle your nose for me? >> that was the other girl. i didn't wiggle. i did this. >> yes. i can still hear the sound

effects. >> and we continue on with our breaking news. let's get right to it. you have the new shocking allegations of bullying and sexual harassment for our service men and women here in the united states. cnn first broke the story wide open for months and months. we have been investigating the claims that our troops are struggling to get the treatment they need and deserve right here at home. today's new inspector general report, this ig report may only scratch the surface of what is believed to be a wide epidemic. this ig report, there are several headlines let's begin with the 1700 veterans missing from the list. >> this is an interim report.

but what they have concluded is that 1700 veterans in the phoenix va system requested appointments for primary care physicians and help. they were never put on electronic wait lists. one, did the facilitfacility's electronic wait list. and if so, at whose direction. were those deaths related to delays in care? they are exploring that but they don't have the answer to that. but were there purposeful omissions? yes. 1700. one other thing in terms of the falsification of information. the phoenix va reported to the

national va that the average wait time, that the average time was 24 days. now it turns out according to the inspector general's own review that the average wait time was actually 115 days. so they reported 24 days weight but actually 115. we were reporting something like more than two dozen facilities. here is my question for you. how did you read this? ig reports noetd the inspector's office found numerous allegations daily of mismanagement, inappropriate hiring decisions, bullying behavior. inappropriate hiring decisions? do we know what that means? >> not right now. we will be talking to the chairman of the house veterans committee. we will delve more into that but that's all it says.

the inspector general report notes that there are other charges as you say. sexual harassment, bullying and mismanagement. we should note, brook, that a lot of people were a lot of politicians and public officials had been saying that they wanted to wait until facts came in. two republicans who have until now not said that the secretary should step down they are now calling on him to step down. he is the chairman of the house foreign -- veterans affairs committee, of course. this has changed the calculus somewhat. >> definitely. we will be following the story.

coming up in an hour. much thanks to you. i hope you saw this right here. the president's big speech. in the 32 months that remain in his term, the president said he will use force if needed. he will even use troops but that will not be option number one. here he was addressing the cadets directly. >> i will betray my duty to you and the country we love if i ever sent you into harm's way simply because i saw a problem somewhere in the world that needed to be fixed or because i was worried about critics who think military intervention is the only way for america to avoid looking weak. >> that was the president this morning. let me just quote him a few

other instances here. he said american isolation is not an option. he also said the u.s. still must lead. another quote, i believe in american exceptionalism but what makes america exceptional is not flouting international norms but affirming them. just because we have the best hammer does not mean every problem is a nail. let's talk about this with former house speaker newt gingrich, one of our hosts and sally cohen. nice to have both of you on. welcome. >> nice to see you both. >> all right, newt, you get the first shot at this. a lot say he views america as a global power in decline. you watch the speech. do you believe that the speech reflects that belief on the part of the president? >> we're going to be debating this on cross fire tonight. i think it's a disappointing

speech. the president has a particular philosophy and policy. i think he could defend it. i think he might have a surprising amount of support in the country. the country is tired of being spread around the world. the country is tired of fighting. this is an administration. it has been defeated so badly that they announced a $5 billion multinational training program across all of north africa and the middle east. al qaeda has not been defeated. we need an honest talk and honest disagreements. the president says if you don't agree with me you are misinformed or partisan. how do you have an honest dialogue with somebody who won't

allow you to raise questions that might make their position hard to defend. >> i think you're quoting a previous president there. this president has said that the only version of american strength is not military force. the only people in this country the only people who could have a problem would be republicans that they don't like. and frankly that is an unsustainable immoral, unjust and just wrong version. >> let me just jump in. i want to move on. we can debate the interpretations. i want to get to this because the president talked about an

awesome responsibility of leading a nation into war and never taking it lightly. >> some of our most costly mistakes came not from our restraint but from our willingness to rush into military adventures without thinking through the consequences. without building international support and legitimacy for our action. without leveling with the american people about the sacrifices required. tough talk often draws head lips but war really conforms to slogans. >> newt to you, i know i hear you say disappointing. could barack obama not argue that teddy roosevelt, he is spoking softly but carrying a big stick? >> what he just said is almost impossible to defend. as is he refuteuating harry

truman to. is he reputeuating what george h.w. bush with 58 other countries allied with us? even in the place he dislikes most, george w. bush had a whole range of countries. i don't understand this mythical view that these were adventures. these were serious problems dealt with in a serious way, sometimes with great human sacrifice. his statements are nonsense. he is weakening the army, weakening the air force. none of those things strike me as developing a bigger stick. we will have the smallest army since pearl harbor if we do what he wants. we have a navy that is

shrinking. we have an air force that is about to take an entire class of airplanes and put them out of service. this president wants a relatively weak america. >> first of all, the notion that the president wants america to be weak? i heard you in the first but you said that you accused the president of not wanting anyone to disagree with him. that would not allow any division of foreign policy other than your own. if the president is articulating a very powerful and purr swasive foreign policy argument for this moment in history where a bigger military does not mean a better military. where a stronger america does not mean an america on constant war footing. those things need not be couple together as republicans have constantly argued that they should be. >> let me jump in.

>> he was just in ukraine. we heard the president talking today about leadership but we also heard him talking about partnership. jim said listen, our allies are confused. >> you know, look, it is a complicated world and this notion that what? the president is responsible for and this is the narrative that the republicans would like to paint. somehow sit is a responsibility of american weakness? at the same time, mind you, there are but a few republicans who would legitimately say yes, let's go to war. they just want to criticize president obama for saying whatever they're not saying.

>> based on this conversation, this is must see tv with stephanie cutter to talk on cross fire on cnn, both of you, thank you very much. >> nice to see you. >> coming up, the killer who went on the rampage in california had a hatred towards women and viewed them as objects. a graduate student is working to stop sexual bullying of women with a special project. how this all really pertains to us in everyday life. plus she influenced everyone from president obama to oprah winfrey to mike tyson and was a personal hero of mine. maya angelou. and we will talk to one of her

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>> welcome back, i'm brooke baldwin. maya angelou came through a childhood of hell while possessing what many call a gift from god. she died just before 8:00 in her home in north carolina. she was 86 years ole. abandoned as a child, angelou grew up to have a life as varied as she was successful. streetcar conductor, dancer,

actress, best selling author, film director, grammy winning voice artist, professor. president obama awarded her the presidential medal of freedom. there she was. and right after his election as the first african-american president, angelou was jubilant. she spoke on "larry king live". >> what do the words mean to you, president elect obama? >> i'm overwhelmed. i'm thrilled in the classic sense of that word. my whole body is moved like that. just amazing. >> and still i rise. and this is for all americans. we don't have to apologize to try to defend ourselves when europeans say what a shame you black people, what a shame.

you're so underclassed and so bad and people hate you so in your country. listen, you may write me down in history with your bitter twisted lies. you may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, i rise. this is what we do. americans, we rise. >> joining me now is maya angelou's long time friend. four distinguished lifetime service to american poetry. it's an honor having you on. >> it's an honor being here. >> you go back with maya angelou to the 60s. can you set the scene for me? how did you meet her? >> i met sister maya at many demonstrations. i met her at many readings when

we were doing readings in new york city where i lived. where she had come home to live also. i remember vividly seeing her with sister luiz merryweather. if you had seen that, you would have been amazed especially when you saw sister maya, also, in all of her regal wonder. in her home, in her parties, on television, there they were pounding and i knew her from that particular time but i knew her also at the many readings that we did. i knew her as teacher. i knew her always as colleague. and i knew her also sometimes as the person who would correct me.

>> would she? >> if i was saying something that was not right. >> was she someone who stepped across the barrier? >> you expected it. >> someone with the moxy to hop across a barrier at the united nations. perhaps i'm not surprised that she would do that. >> she would correct you. >> yeah. >> she would correct you and say you should really rethink that. you know? i would go home and re-think it, too. when i got the call that she had made a transition, i sat up in my bed and said not her death. sister maya. how are you? how are you? how are you sister maya. and she replied. i am well, i am well, i am well.

and then i could get up and begin the day, a full day of interviews. >> we appreciate you giving us the time. it's not just you or a friender for many years. this is a student on what maya angelou meant to her. >> i remember the first time i picked up her book and i opened it and read it and i was shocked and amazed to see this woman whose life was so similar to mine and she was just this powerful force. so thank you, maya angelou, for making a positive impact on my life, for teaching me to love myself. it's a never silenced about things that are wrong that you see going on in the world.

and just for having the courage to be you. i hope you rest in peace. >> here she was this young woman with tears in her eyes. >> you know why you could listen to that? this sister, sister maya, she, you know, i asked people how to tell you about a woman who carried the signature of black women and all women in her veins. that's what she did. her intellect kissing our eyes because she was not just writing words. you also had to deal with her intellect and her intelligence and beauty right? she also searched within herself to document our bones. but before she began to document

our bones she documented her own bones. this is a woman called maya. >> i could keep listening to you the rest of the afternoon. sonja, thank you. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> wow. how about that? coming up next, now, we turn to tragedy, learning from tragedy. a graduate student wants to use what happened over the weekend to educate people about the sexual bullying towards women and our responsibility here as society. she started a group with specific solutions. we will talk to her live next.

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>> in elliot rodgers' deranged auto biography, the word girls appears 295 times and never in a positive sense. the 22-year-old who killed six young people desperately wanted a woman to have sex with him. he had a pathlogical hatred towards women and a view of them as little more than objects. his sick views are rare but the fact that women are object if ied. there is a group working to help stop the sexual bullying of women. thanks for coming on. >> hi, brooke. thank you for having me. >> let's talk about sex. in your op ed, you point out that roger said it is a reward to be earned and that women are prizes and that, you know, there is this entire online community,

this forum that buys into this. >> i think it's really important to note that lots of conversations are emerging about gun control and mental health in relation to roger and his crime. but this is so pervasive and persists in our society that people mistakenly think has been solved. even people who are not part of the online community. even men who think of themselves as proequality still harbor a lot of these assumptions about what sex is and what women are. >> we need to have those conversations you point out that you -- that we all need to take responsibility here. how do you mean? >> i mean that we all shape our actualture. it's iz to shift the blame on just elliot roger and psycho

paths who act upon their resentment and hay tret towards other. it is easy to blame people who participate in these online communities. we all need to take responsibility for the way we talk about sex, for our own asump gss about females and sexuality. >> i really appreciated what you said. you talk about speaking up. when a man in our group speaks disrespectfully about a woman he would like to have sex with, we all need to speak up when a man speaks disrespectfully about women. sometimes you just don't want to deal with it. >> exit's people of all genders.

this is not just a problem for men. people who are transgendered participate in it. it's important that men get on board and work with us. i don't want to just stargt men when i am discussing the conversations that happen. >> absolutely. we will all read your piece. thank you so much. appreciate you coming on and we are just getting new details about a recorded mers case in the midwest this afternoon. the cdc is wanting to clear up information. we will have the facts for you coming up. also ahead on the first lady, michelle obama takes on congress. she has some strong words for some of our country's top politicians. you will hear why she is so fired up.

>> 11 days ago the centers for disease control announced that a third person in the united states had contracted mers, but now the cdc officials are saying they were wrong. so senior medical correspondent joining me. that was when we made a really big deal because we thought it was a really deal that it went from person to person right. it appeared that it went from person to person with a one hour business meeting and a handsh e handshake. so we should be saying thank goodness. this is alg tbs sum wauss -- they had a press conference and said third infection and then they say guess what we were

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>> welcome back. i'm brooke baldwin. he calleded the proceedings sham.

what's more here, sterling said the racist rant that was made, he says, in private between two quarreling lovers and they do not constitute a violation of the nba rules. is he right? >> so let's talk about donald sterling. i'm sure you have read through this thing. you have his wife, shelly saying reportedly looking at people to buy the team. what's the strategy here? >> it would be interesting to know whether or not this is what they call concerted action. whether they are working together on this hedging their bets. shelly working with the league and donald kind of preserving that ability to obstruct, maybe slow down.

maybe she is able to keep some type of interest down the road. she is acting independently. this is as many pages worth of whatever it is. of basically filler and here's why. if this were the civil court or criminal court you would have all of these arguments about what is admissible evidence or due process. he has very limited ability to argue that because he entered into a deal that had specific rules for a specific club and one of those rules is not that we have admissibility of evidence rules. how this recording came out, how it was done and revealed, he

doesn't care. it's about the content of what was in it and its effect on the brand of the nba. the document that you sign when you are eligible for a franchise is a little vague on this. a lot of things were not contemplated by the founders of this country. in a similar fashion, this document is open ended on what constitutes an abuse of the brand. the impact has been pretty obvious. you had advertisers pull out, potential boycott and bad press. they're going to make a pretty easy argument that what he did hurt the brand and that's what triggers their ability to have a vote and kick them out. >> it's interesting that the voeks you are talking to saying that they are not working in ka hoots. we will see what happens. you know, a lot coming up in the next couple of days. while i have you, what a treat

to have you on. i would like to switch gears. i'm going to throw something at you. let's roll the >> wow. let me tell you -- >> it wasn't pretty. >> a lot of pitches in my life, and i have to say this one of the worst-looking efforts i've ever seen in my life. and look -- >> you would have done a better job? >> i honestly believe i could kick the ball towards home plate. >> i think your daughter could have done a better job. >> personal insight, instead of tear me down? >> hit me. >> my son, mario, 8 years old, was at the game last night, at met game, and caught a foul ball. >> what? >> with his hat. >> with his hat? >> and this guy who lifts a toyota, can't throw the ball near -- >> from the mound. where is he? i'm not quite sure, home base, does he need glasses?

i don't know what's going on. >> i have never seen anything like that. the equivalent of roseanne bar singing the national anthem. >> chris cuomo, thank you, watch you every day, 6:00 a.m., on "new day." appreciate it very much. >> go on. >> she has been outspoken about healthy eating. >> you can take it from me, eating the right foods can help make you a better athlete. >> oh! >> so now the first lady's taking on some members of congress here to get her vision of healthy meals in schools across the country. there's legislation out there. we'll talk to the assistant white house chef about michelle obama's plan and why some in congress oppose this. [ male announcer ] how did red lobster make four amazing entrees even better? with lobster! don't miss our first ever lobster toppers event! 4 delicious entrees topped with sweet, succulent maine lobster starting at just $15.99!

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all right. the first lady, she's biting back at critics on capitol hill who want to chop tough nutrition guidelines from school programs. house republicans are thinking of stripping funding requirements for schools who say they cannot afford it. michelle obama ready for a fight over food. >> parents have a right to expect that their kids will get decent food in our schools. and we all have a right to expect that our hard-earned taxpayer dollars won't be spent on junk food for our kids. >> sam kas is executive director of michelle obama's let's move campaign and senior adviser for nutrition policy. sam, welcome. >> how it's going? >> it's going well. let's begin with what's going on with you and, you know, that house behind you because the biggest criticism of the school lunch program is that it's just too expensive.

what do you say to schools saying they can't afford it? >> well, we've -- we know that 90% of schools have already met the new standards and yesterday the first lady held a roundtable with school nutrition directors from all over the country, l.a., from new york city, small district in georgia, a number of others, who all say that this is working, and they champion these standards and know it's what's best for kids. so, with a little help and encouragement, i think we're seeing this being implemented successfully all over the country. >> okay. sam, let's just be real because i'm talking a lot of parents, i, myself am not one but i hear from their kids they don't want to eat healthy stuff. apparently mass-produced lunches are not wonderful. now you have schools saying that they are just chucking out all of this food because kids just aren't eating it. how do schools avoid that? >> well, actually, a recent

study by harvard showed that fruit and vegetable consumption was up, whole grain consumption also up. and actually plate waste had not increased as a result of standards plate waste is an issue in schools but it's also an issue in our country. we throw away, as a nation, a third of what we produce. this is an issue not unique to schools. we're seeing districts across the country come up with innovative ways to reduce waste, making share tables where kids can leave food they don't want for other kids to take, kids are able to take food outside the cafeteria for a long time they weren't. the thing we don't need to see is politicians and industry interests attempting to trump or nutrition standards set by independent experts and determine what is good for our kids and what happens not. >> okay. i think why this story really strikes a chord with a lot of people, we don't normally see the first lady putting herself out there and criticizing, you

know, members of congress in a public way, and she really is now, seems to me now for the first time in the line of fire. >> this means a lot to her. what we're seeing is an attempt to roll back standards that ensure that kids are going to actually be served a fruit or vegetable, they're going to get food that has whole grains in it, not too much sodium and the first time ever going to ensure that junk food isn't going to be sold in lunch lines and vending machines. we've seen this before. not too long ago, congress stepped in, you know, after being pressured by industry, and cleveland pizza as a vegetable as part of the school lunch program. so we're seeing this happen and play out again, which is why the first lady's stepping out strongly. we have a lot of work to do to make sure our kids grow up strong and healthy. >> sam kass. tune in, tomorrow night 9:00, eastern pang, the premiere of

cnn's new ten-part series "the sixties." >> channel one. >> hear me now speaking. >> by 1960 every household in america had a television. >> there was no denying the shift in attitudes towards sex, towards race relations, towards politics. it was all televised. >> never has the dissent been emotional as intense. >> when there's a huge thing that happened, it happened on tv. >> 330 americans killed in combat last week in vietnam, but the number of wounded -- >> people looked to television for answers, maybe. >> what are you doing? >> getting ready to go to college. >> everyone was dropping out and doing god knows what else and i wasn't. >> there was this really aggressive innocence to it. >> honey where -- >> a place to escape to. >> even if they tried to keep tv this homogenous, whole milk

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